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The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in July 2022

China’s vaccine developer MaxHealth Biotechnology raised the biggest private biotech investment in the Asia-Pacific region in July 2022, followed by China Immunotech and Ruibo Bio. MaxHealth Biotechnology reigned supreme in the Asia-Pacific region’s private biotech investment sphere in July 2022, with a $74 million Series B round. The company will use the money to fuel […]

August 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 3 Aug 2022

Patients with advanced cancer set to benefit from ProfoundBio’s new drug

Patients with ovarian, endometrial, breast, non-small cell lung cancers and mesothelioma could benefit from an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) after clearance of an investigational new drug (IND) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ProfoundBio received the FDA’s ‘study may proceed’ letter today (August 3) to evaluate PRO1184, a folate receptor […]

August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 3 Aug 2022

Ascletis announces FDA clearance of oral drug to conduct study in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients

A randomized, placebo-controlled study in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ASC10, an oral drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19 was granted to China-based Ascletis Pharma Inc today (August 3), to conduct a Phase 1b […]

August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Aug 2022

Zenas BioPharma gets Chinese approval for thyroid eye disease treatment study

Zenas BioPharma has received approval of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China to start a phase 1/2 clinical study of ZB001 to treat thyroid eye disease (TED). The main objective of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of ZB001. About […]

August 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 25 Jul 2022

Macao university research finds mRNA vaccine booster offers more protection against Omicron variants

A study in Macao has found people taking the BioNTech mRNA vaccine as the third booster dose produce more neutralizing antibodies against Omicron variants. The study, led by Daniel Baptista-Hon, assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.), and Ligong Lu, director of Zhuhai People’s Hospital, was […]

July 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

Business looks to grow life sciences sector in China

A Shanghai business says its top priority is to carry on contributing to the rapid growth of the life sciences sector in China. The ATLATL Center for Innovation & Research is a biopharma research-based open platform that builds laboratories and office spaces equipped with professional research and development (R&D) services, lab facilities and operations management. […]

July 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

WuXi Biologics to build new center in Singapore as part of $1.4B investment

WuXi Biologics, a global contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), has announced a 10-year $1.4 billion investment plan. The plan aims to expand the company’s research, development, and large-scale drug substance and drug product (DS/DP) manufacturing capacity and capabilities in Singapore. The company will build a new site that will add 120,000L biomanufacturing capacity […]

July 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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In Depth 19 Jul 2022

The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in June 2022

The lab automation player MegaRobo stole the show in the Asia-Pacific region in June with a mega Series C round of $300 million. Oncology firms Doma Biopharmaceutical and Tessa Therapeutics also led the private biotech investment rankings. The Chinese lab automation developer MegaRobo was the decisive winner of June’s biotech investments in the Asia-Pacific region. […]

July 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 19 Jul 2022

SINOVAC starts influenza vaccine trial in Chile

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has initiated a phase III clinical trial for SINOVAC’s inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in Chile through a collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. SINOVAC said the results aim to provide scientific evidence to support its influenza vaccine immunogenicity and protection capacity. This clinical […]

July 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Jul 2022

Trial for drug targeting cancerous tumors begins in China

A phase 1 trial to investigate a drug for treating people with advanced malignant neoplasms has begun in China. HUTCHMED announced the trial of anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody HMPL-A83 on Friday (July 15). It is the thirteenth innovative oncology drug candidate discovered in-house by HUTCHMED and it is the company’s second large molecule drug candidate to […]

July 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 15 Jul 2022

Triastek forms pact with Eli Lilly to 3D print tablets for oral drug delivery

A new research collaboration between Triastek, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company will leverage 3D printing technology to achieve precise targeting and programmed drug release in the intestine. The China-based Triastek has developed proprietary 3D printing technology that provides solutions for drug development. According to the agreement, Triastek and Lilly will focus on improving the […]

July 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Brii Bio takes hepatitis B treatment option

Brii Biosciences Limited, based in China and the U.S., has exercised its option to acquire exclusive development and commercialization rights for VIR-3434 in Greater China as part of its broader collaboration with Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR-3434, also known as BRII-877, is a broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) that is currently in […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in June 2022

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